Railroad-tie.



E. T. PAYNE @L G. F. COCHRAN.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIOATION 31mm MAY 25, 1908.

91W 9 l 18., f v Patented Apr. 6, i909.

A was @mi ha giacca portion oli the tie broken uwz'ty.

EDWARD T. PAYNE ANI) GlORtli r.

(OCHIL: ll, OF A LBUQUERQUE, TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

Application filed May 25,

ii\fi i"\V Yitftilrofnl-'li/s, ol Whidi the following i, specification. l

This invention to lnotnllie railway ties :ind its object is to provide :in ill-metal y tie oi' this character dsignid to he stamped Q 'l'roni henry sheet nietsl and which is so i sh spe( :is to he reinliorwd longitudinslly sind to yioltlin'g'ly support the rails thfireon to :1, g hun-ted extent so :is to avoid :ill (lungi-Jr ol 2 'mls hrt-slung is when supiiiortaid upon t nonyielding-:j tie.

n notl ohjert is to ngi-:Ll with the tie for nalding cushioning blue-lis in position hmioztth the rails, sind holding' moans having drain opsnings to pow i whuh muy init the es-l'upe oi :my moisture. zur uniulite therein.

Anothhr ohjeet is to provide ruil fastening devices ol novel rorni.

With these and other ohjeets in View the f fentu res. el ionstrtution and f'oinhunitions el' parts g of Certain novol invontion consists n'hh-h will. he hereinafter more fullyr drf-siriherl end pointed out in the rhiinis.

ln the Meoiniiinying drawings is show: the preferred. forni ot the ii'iif'entift-n.

ln said drawings: ltfjiu'e Vl is a. View pnrtiy in side olnviition und partly in longitudinnl son-tion oll n. tie f-niiiodjy f ent inunowlnonts, the middle portion oi the tie lic-ing roi'novo l.- Fig. 2 is zi, plrin View oi .the tie, the ilztil fastening deviees upon one end thoreol' lit-ing' removed and the middle Fig'. 2'3 is n. section on lin\ lm-B, Fig. Fig; lis :t detoil View ol one oll the ruil fngnging jaws. 5 is n p pf'tive viow ol' one ol the ho ts used l'or insteninn the mils in goshion.

liel'erring to the i'r, relerenee, l designntes the hody oi" tho t' the sinne living nrei'ernhly in this. lorzn oll 'inverted trough si :inlined or otluiwise l'olnied in n single sheet ol iin-tsl und hnifiirgy .t or longitudi inl walls fforruezn'ed in rei-tion ol' their leu hs while th\e fand unlls ol the tie are eorrufguipd vertii; ahy is shown at t reoess 4 fog-ined in tho top ol the tie zuljarent ouch end Vthero'of, sind reresses Fis..

heiniY spaced spurt u distitnoe equal to the iproride means in j ng' the prese Aues hy "-lnirzu-ters el i Specification of Letters Patent. Paten-ted April 6, 1909.'

1908, Serial No. 434,820.

distano@ between the mils to be fastened upon they tie and Goch recess has drain openings 5 formed in tho bottom thereof for the @setup-e ot :my moisture which might icouinulirte thor-ein. "he top of the tie is )rovided with trztnswrselj,T extonding toeti 6 arranged ndjaoent @sch recess 4, thorebeing i two series ol" those teeth near o; '3h recess, the being interposed 'between tho two l The top ol the tie is corrugated i muliualhf, ns indicated nt 7, these torions being intsrrupted'by tho transti=^th 6. n longitudinal slot 8 interth:` teeth 6 of eiieh series und that end rh slot l'ztrthest removed from the, :ul-

Joining is enlarged iis indicated :it Q. eu. oning hlorli lil olI wood or other L suitnl'lo historial is sented within eiteh reo-.ss g Ll und s mil li. is designed to 'rest thereon. linoh imirefhuige ol' the rail is lapped by the inelinod head l2 oll it l'nstening plate 13. This pluto his s. ltmgitinlinztl groove M in the hottoin thereof und it corresponding roinl'oreing rih 15 upon the upper Faroe thereof, the bottowl l'noe, ol' snid platte heilig provided with tiiuis/ioisely extending teeth i6 designed to friggzige the teeth 6 on tho tio body. Openings t7 :nro lorined Within. the pluto 13 und f, nro designed to reoeivethe bolts 18, the heads j l.) oll which :tre prowirtionod so :is lo he i :'ezuiily inserted into the large ends t) ol' slots 5 und :moved into position hencztth the reduced no: tion ol' the slots, whereupon these i heads mn not hu witlulniwn l'rom the tie. A reetinnfulnr hoss 2() is l'ornied upon ezioh holt und is designed to lit Within tho reduced portion ol' the :flot so :is to hold the holt against rotntimi.

in using; the tie herein desorihed the annie is placed upon the rondlied with its edges hem-ing' thereon und the eushioninn hloehs lll :1re sented within the recesses 4. rThe rnils il :1re then nlneed upon the. lsloelis und the l'ziseninn' plates l ure Vlnr/ed :1t opposite sides oll the @nils zuid nguinst the wehs thereol'. "the heads i.) ol the holte: me then inserted l irough the enlarged portions 5l ol' the slots :intl shilted longiludinully ol' thegslots so :is to liringfj the bosses 2('1 'within the reduced l iotions of uuid slots. IThe holts :1re then inz-:erted throng-h the fastening. nlutos und seeured therein hy menus ol' nuts se that the tooth lo upon the platos will he ehnnped tightly in engagement with the teeth 3 upon ithe tie hody. 'lhe plates will thus lie so lllll eurely held againstdisplacement. rugeting the tie body 1n the nnrnner shown and described sind body is rendered elastic to e lii'nited extent and the danger ol' the By corl toothed portions ol' :it any desired distri-nce :inert rind utter this :uljustinent luie once been el'lected und the plates secured it becomes impossible l'or them to shift out ol' place.

Whitt is claimed is:

l. A railway tie havingI longitudinally eorrugeted vSides :ind top, :uid vertically corrugated ends.

2. A inetzilliev ruiluf'aiy tie comprising en .inverted trough-like bodylntving longitudi inilly corrugated sides und' vertically eorruguted ends.

A nietullie riiiluf'uy tie comprising;r mi inverted trouglnlike body buying n, lougitudinzilly corrugated top, und :i recess in sind top, the bottoni ol seid recess being enertured :nul teeth extending transversely upon the top ol' the tie at opposite sides of the recess.

4` A metallic railway tie comprising en inverted trough-like 1eody having longitudi- :illy co rugeted sides :ind top, there being e recess in the top ol' the tie, teeth upon the top olf the tie et opposite sides ol' the recess, find ruil engaging devices mounted upon the the recess. I 5. A metallic railway tie comprising an inverted trough-like body .having a recess in the top thereof provided with a drain opening, there being longiturflinel :slots within the top ol the body et opposite sides ol' the recess, transversely extending teetli upon the body and intersected by the slots, toothed rail engaging devices engaging the teeth upon the tie body and overluinging` the recess, :ind ineens rernovehly mounted within the slots l'or seeiuing` said devices upon the body.

6. T he coniliiinution with en inverted trouglnlike body lnwing e reeess in the vtop tliereoll provided with n. dinin opening, there being longitudinal slots .vi thin the 'top oll the tie liody :it onposite sides ol the recess; olf

Atrnnsversely extending teeth upon the tie body and intereected by the slots, longitudinel reinforcing rail l;"ternng devi the tie body, teeth thereon .lor enge-q,A

with the teeth upon the tie body, und ieee-ns removido-ly mounted Within find held ege slots L' i lOl Si.

rotation hy the wells el the the fastening devices to tali M ln testimony that We churn 'the foregoing es our own, We have hereto liked nr signetures in the presence ol' tvro witi'iesse,

Ell'ti ARD it PAYNE.

Witness'es: Y nnen-nn @Gonnie-ui, FRANK L. Woon.

the tie overlinnging 

